Ambassador Sheikh meets Undersecretary Kapur as both sides reaffirm commitment to sustained engagement
Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh met with Undersecretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur at the State Department on Saturday. The meeting was announced by both officials on X (formerly Twitter).
The dignitaries “discussed ways to advance the relationship between the United States and Pakistan,” Kapur’s tweet said.
Similarly, Sheikh detailed in his own tweet that the two discussed “ways and means of translating the determination expressed at the leadership level” regarding the development of ties between the United States and Pakistan, in what is an economically entrenched strategic partnership.
Nice to meet Undersecretary Paul Kapur.
He congratulated him on assuming his duties as A/S. @SCA_State.
Ways and means were discussed to translate the determination – expressed at the leadership level – to develop ties between Pakistan and the United States into an economically rooted strategy… pic.twitter.com/tyDm1YczN1
—Emb. Rizwan Saeed Sheikh (@AmbRizSaeed) November 8, 2025
This, Sheikh said, can be achieved through “sustained engagement across multiple domains of mutual interest.”
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